U S Cotton Crop Listed Despite Big Texas Crop
The U S Department of Agriculture forecasts a national cotton yield of 17 291 000 bales for the season up 25 000 from a month ago while Texas production dips to 4 800 000 bales from 5 000 000. Texas acreage harvested falls to 12 600 with 63 percent condition. national yield 290 8 pounds per acre. Cottonseed output projected at 6 990 000 tons.
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Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Texas Corn Crop Down Sharply in Sept 1 Report
The U S Department of Agriculture cut its Texas corn crop estimate by over two million bushels to 42,264,000 on Sept 1 conditions after August heat and drought. Per acre yield fell from 19 to 18 bushels. oats and flax seed estimates were unchanged.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Department
Gulping Clams Seals Championship Victory in Atlantic City
Postal Clerk John J. Staines gulped down 199 raw clams in 20 minutes to win the title over seven year champ Izy Weintraub a 200 pound jitney driver who managed 145 clams in the same span. Weintraub conceded he cannot match Staines appetite.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John J. Staines
Izy” Weintraub
Weintraub
Jewel polishes himself off by mail
Milford Freeman of Atlanta received a misleading postal card from a jewelry store in LaGrange while his wife read it. He sued for damages, and Federal Judge Frank Hooper ordered the jeweler to pay $5,000 and court costs. The story closes with a note about the Pittsburgh Gazette’s founding in 1786.
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Milford Freeman
Atlanta
Milford
LaGrange
Love
Mary
la Grange
Frank Hooper
Marine Lt Vestal Addresses Rotary on Korea War Realities
First Lieutenant Lucian LaRoe Vestal United States Marine Corps spoke to the Rotary Club about Korea describing it as a full war not a police action. He highlighted UN casualties versus enemy losses, medical advances saving wounded, and the need for more armies to relieve front line troops. He recalled his 80 days in combat before being wounded and emphasized returning home from Korea.
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Lucian LaRoe Vestal
United States Marine Corps
Rotary Club
Korea
Vestal
R. C. Vestal
United Nations
Japan
Russia
Burgher Reed Vestal
C. B. Bryant Jr
A. H. Fortner
Sweetwater
George Cooper
Dallas
Lester Haile
Dog Bequeathed A Daily T Bone In Will
Duke the six year old Labrador retriever receives the entire $25,000 estate of Mrs. Mary L. Leonard of Crystal Lake who died July 21. The will directs funds to keep Duke well and happy for life potentially up to age fifteen.
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Woodstock
Cotton harvest slowed by rain in Whitewright area
Two rains this week hindered the cotton harvest with only 93 bales sent to gins since last Thursday morning. By 8 am today gins had processed 301 bales versus 208 a week ago. Prices slipped to 33 44 cents per pound and seed at 65 dollars. Rainfall totaled 2.14 inches for the week, first good rain since July 2, with low seasonal rainfall overall.
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Ray
Charley Cates
City Water Department
Whitewright
Church Services And Preachers Listed
Central Christian Church schedules Sunday school at 10 a.m. and sermon at 11 a.m. by Joe Lee Pike of Denison. Kentuckytown Baptist invites Rev. Bob Clark of Sherman for 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. services. Assembly of God outlines Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. evangelistic service at 8 p.m. and midweek prayer at 8 p.m.
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Central Christian Church
Joe Lee Pike
Denison
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Bob Clark
Sherman
Assembly OF God Church
R. L. Hamm
Methodist Church Schedule With Linley E Vowell
Linley E Vowell pastor leads Sunday School at 10 a m with morning service at 11 a m Youth Fellowship at 7 30 p m and Evening service at 8 00 p m in the Methodist church context described.
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Methodist Church
Linley E. Vowell
Sunday Bible Classes and Worship Schedule
Sunday classes at 10 a.m. followed by the Lord's Supper. No Sunday night preaching announced. Mid-week service at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
First Baptist Church Parish Roles and Schedule
James L. Cooper is pastor with W T Simmons as Sunday school superintendent. Mrs Edgar Ayers directs student training union at 7 pm, Mrs J P Darwin leads the women’s missionary union, Ralph Brown is Brotherhood president, Allen Collier is minister of music. Prayer service Wednesdays 8 pm and choir practice Fridays. Youth Choir 7 15 and Adult Choir 8 00.
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First Baptist Church
James L. Cooper
W. T. Simmons
S. S
Edgar Ayers
T. U
J. P. Darwin
Ralph Brown
Brotherhood
Allen Collier
Miss Dorothy Nelson Resigns From North Texas Larger Parish
Miss Dorothy J Nelson resigns as director of Christian education for the North Texas Larger Parish. She has aided the parish since its start in Bonham and plans to pursue a Master’s in Christian education at McCormick Seminary Chicago. Formal council action set for Sunday September 16 at 3 p.m. at the Bonham church.
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First Presbyterian Church
North Texas
Lee H. Smith
Whitewright
Dorothy J. Nelson
Bonham
Floyd Bass
Jucuspee
Junior Church Society
Lamesa
Presbyterian Church
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Nelson
Trinity Universty
San Antonio
Miss Nelson
Drought Cracks Open Pasture Calf Missing in Otine Area
Henry Soefje of Otine reports drought cracks in his pasture. He found a one-week-old calf buried in an earth crack with only its hind legs visible while searching for the calf.
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Gonzales
Henry Soefje
Otine
Tigers Will Play Bells Here Friday
Whitewright High School Tigers prep for their first home game at Bryant Field this season, hosting Bells Friday night at 8. They enter 0-1 after a 12 to 0 loss at St. Jo, despite outplaying the visitors. Admission is 35 and 75 cents including tax.
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Whitewright High School
Tigers
Bryant Field
St. Jo
St. Jo High School
Whitewrighters Off to College
The Sun staff lists Whitewright students heading to colleges including North Texas State College Denton Jane Meador Billye Faye Dillon Philla Ann Hinton Don Howard Cook Conway Craig East Texas State College Commerce Bobby Hyecock Mollie Jo Rutledge Herman Musser Gene Darwyn Bush Texas State College for Women Betty Blackerby Texas A M College College Station William King University of Texas Austin Kirk May Texas Tech Lubbock Jack Badgett St Marys San Antonio Billy Earl Brown Readers urged to submit any additional names for publication.
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Whitewright
Allen T. Short
The
Sun
North Texas State College
Denton
Jane Meador
Billye Faye Dillon
Philla Ann Hinton
Don Howard Cook
Conway Craig
East Texas State College
Commerce
Bobby Hyecock
Mollie Jo Rutledge
Herman Musser
Gene Darwyn Bush
Texas State College For Women
Betty Blackerby
Texas A. & M
College Station
William King
University of Texas
Pentagon plans end of college draft deferments
Washington officials plan to halt student deferments after this school year. Defense Secretary for manpower Anna Rosenberg told a Senate subcommittee that the 1952 draft pool will be exhausted and students may be called after the academic year ends. The new law allows drafting a student after he finishes the year.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Anna Rosenberg
Defense
Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
General Hershey
Too Many Black Peas Kill Girls Job in Cannery
In Hall England two teen workers at a pea cannery earned about six cents per bad pea found. They bought black shoe dye to color peas and even painted many peas black, leading to detection and a legal consequence.
Retail Food Prices Up 0.7 Percent in August
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.7 percent rise in retail food prices for August. The index reaches 227.2 percent of the 1935-39 average, about 12 percent above pre Korean War levels, with meats fish and eggs driving gains though fruits fats cereals and vegetables dipped. Eggs lead the monthly rise with a nearly 7 percent uptick. The note adds the three top hard fibers Manila hemp sisal and henequen in world trade.
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Washington
D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Manila
Open Letter to a Driver Who Speeds Through Our Street
A reader recounts a near collision with a tricycle rider and urges drivers to slow down. The letter argues that children and their families deserve safe streets and condemns speeding as a danger to the most vulnerable, appealing to empathy and moral duty. Environment and guardian voices define the stakes and call for behavior change.
Marshall quits as Secretary of Defense after one year
Washington reports Brigadier General George C. Marshall resigns as Secretary of Defense citing personal reasons. President Truman accepts with reluctance and praises his long service. Marshall, age 70, will be succeeded by Deputy Robert Lovett, who vows to continue defense leadership.
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Washington, D. C
George C. Marshall
Defense
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
Marshall
Leesburg
United States
China
Louis A. Johnson
VA expands GI loan benefits under defense housing act
About two million World War II veterans who used all or part of their GI home loan funds may receive additional home loan benefits. The Veterans Administration notes lower minimum down payments under the new act and explains limits based on prior use and timing of loans.
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Washington, D. C
Veterans Administration
Whitewright Schools to Open Monday Morning
Sept W Cummings announced Whitewright schools will open Monday at 8 45 a m. Grades one to six will meet in local churches while the remaining classes learn on the campus. New homemaking teacher Mrs Earl Blanton replaces Nan Dyer who leaves for Post schools.
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W. C. Cummings
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Earl Blanton
Nan Dyer
Cummings
Drivers Lift Toll as Texas Road Crews Face Fatalities
Texas highway workers are increasingly killed or injured by motorists. State High way Engineer D. C. Greer cites thirteen deaths and 181 injuries since V J Day, with summer tolls at a peak. He warns roads may be blocked to protect crews as patches continue.
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Austin
Texas
D. C. Greer
Wichita Falls
Highway Department
Greer
Fewer Arrests Reported in Grayson County August
Grayson County Sheriff Woody Blanton announced 60 arrests in August, down from July’s 23. Liquor law violations accounted for 11, with other counts in burglary, perjury, theft, lunacy, swindling, DWI, drunkenness, vagrancy, traffic, disturbance, and investigations.
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Grayson County
Sheriff's Department
Farmer Loses Arm and Leg in Corn Picker Incident
Van Alstyne farmer Rayford Tab Harris, 27, fell into a mechanical corn picker on his mother's farm six miles east of Van Alstyne. His right arm was severed at the shoulder and his right leg below the knee. Surgeons at a Sherman hospital reported his life saved by heat sealing the wounds. condition listed as good. The piece also notes colonial newspaper history with figures and dates.
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van Alstyne
Rayford
Tab) Harris
Lee Harris
Sherman
Harris
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